Any speed in Processing normal applications ?

[pkakula]

Hello there ,

Do you guys see any speed increases in processing citizenship application? Please post the latest trends happening in this post.

 

[pkakula]

Please someone reply ......

 

[pkakula]

Folks,

Any emerging trends ? or same old 25 months story ?

 

[CET213]

Hello there ,

Do you guys see any speed increases in processing citizenship application? Please post the latest trends happening in this post.

You can check Feb 2013 & Apr 2013 threads. They have some movements.

I think some guys from Windsor got their oath in 7 to 8 months. Also I believe Mississauga visa office is pretty fast for routine application compare to other GTA offices.

However it depends on person to person. I think when we compare timeline we should account all factors such as absence, travel, unemployment, work permit or PR from other country, family ties, visa office and last not least visa officer

 

[pkakula]

You can check Feb 2013 & Apr 2013 threads. They have some movements.

I think some guys from Windsor got their oath in 7 to 8 months. Also I believe Mississauga visa office is pretty fast for routine application compare to other GTA offices.

However it depends on person to person. I think when we compare timeline we should account all factors such as absence, travel, unemployment, work permit or PR from other country, family ties, visa office and last not least visa officer

Unemployment would be a matter to them ? or would it cause an issue in the application and delay the process ?

 

[CET213]

Unemployment would be a matter to them ? or would it cause an issue in the application and delay the process ?

No one knows what factors can delay process. However someone has posted RQ Risk Indicators sometimes ago. These indicators are reflecting to last year OB 407, I believe someone was talking about that it has been updated.

RQ Risk Indicators

Applicant Characteristics:
A1 – Use of a suspect residential address.
A2 – NCB in FOSS, Warning or Note(s) in GCMS indicating a concern.
A3 – Previous citizenship applications which were not approved, withdrawn, abandoned, renounced or revoked.
A4 – Discrepancy in absences between citizenship application and CIC information during the relevant 4 years period.
A5 – Self-identified as a consultant, self-employed or unemployed, with any travel during the relevant 4 year period.
A6 – Absences to home country to sell land/property or to take care of ill family member during the relevant 4 year period.
A7 – Applicant has self declared having less than 1095 days of physical presence.
Family Characteristics:
B1 – Child born outside Canada during the relevant 4 year period.
B2 – A child has made a non-concurrent minor application.
Documents
C1 – ID (provided in support of application) has been issued within 3 months of date of application.
C2 – Inconsistency between address on ID and address on application form.
C3 – Photograph and/or signature on the application do not resemble photograph and/or signature on identity document.
C4 – NPR time (non permanent resident time) has been used in the calculation of basic residence and the original entry data used does not appear on the IMM 1000, the Confirmation of Permanent Residence or in CIC records.

 

[pkakula]

No one knows what factors can delay process. However someone has posted RQ Risk Indicators sometimes ago. These indicators are reflecting to last year OB 407, I believe someone was talking about that it has been updated.

RQ Risk Indicators

Applicant Characteristics:
A1 – Use of a suspect residential address.
A2 – NCB in FOSS, Warning or Note(s) in GCMS indicating a concern.
A3 – Previous citizenship applications which were not approved, withdrawn, abandoned, renounced or revoked.
A4 – Discrepancy in absences between citizenship application and CIC information during the relevant 4 years period.
A5 – Self-identified as a consultant, self-employed or unemployed, with any travel during the relevant 4 year period.
A6 – Absences to home country to sell land/property or to take care of ill family member during the relevant 4 year period.
A7 – Applicant has self declared having less than 1095 days of physical presence.
Family Characteristics:
B1 – Child born outside Canada during the relevant 4 year period.
B2 – A child has made a non-concurrent minor application.
Documents
C1 – ID (provided in support of application) has been issued within 3 months of date of application.
C2 – Inconsistency between address on ID and address on application form.
C3 – Photograph and/or signature on the application do not resemble photograph and/or signature on identity document.
C4 – NPR time (non permanent resident time) has been used in the calculation of basic residence and the original entry data used does not appear on the IMM 1000, the Confirmation of Permanent Residence or in CIC records.

Thank you for letting us know .

 

[pkakula]

No one knows what factors can delay process. However someone has posted RQ Risk Indicators sometimes ago. These indicators are reflecting to last year OB 407, I believe someone was talking about that it has been updated.

RQ Risk Indicators

Applicant Characteristics:
A1 – Use of a suspect residential address.
A2 – NCB in FOSS, Warning or Note(s) in GCMS indicating a concern.
A3 – Previous citizenship applications which were not approved, withdrawn, abandoned, renounced or revoked.
A4 – Discrepancy in absences between citizenship application and CIC information during the relevant 4 years period.
A5 – Self-identified as a consultant, self-employed or unemployed, with any travel during the relevant 4 year period.
A6 – Absences to home country to sell land/property or to take care of ill family member during the relevant 4 year period.
A7 – Applicant has self declared having less than 1095 days of physical presence.
Family Characteristics:
B1 – Child born outside Canada during the relevant 4 year period.
B2 – A child has made a non-concurrent minor application.
Documents
C1 – ID (provided in support of application) has been issued within 3 months of date of application.
C2 – Inconsistency between address on ID and address on application form.
C3 – Photograph and/or signature on the application do not resemble photograph and/or signature on identity document.
C4 – NPR time (non permanent resident time) has been used in the calculation of basic residence and the original entry data used does not appear on the IMM 1000, the Confirmation of Permanent Residence or in CIC records.

"Unemployed with any travel" not simply unemployed....as long as you are in canada and unemployed then that should be fine ......

 

[EasyRider]

pkakula, there may be speed ups and slow downs at the same time as it mostly depends on a concrete local office.

For instance, there's speed up in Montreal office now, at least the times to test/interview are noticeably shrinking now, which is an important speed up. I think that's because number of full-time judges was increased from 2 to 5 in Q2-2013. You can see indications of that in reports and a Montreal timelines table which I try to maintain.

At the same time, seems BC and Alberta offices have been slowing down for some time, converting them from ones of the fastest to probably the slower ones. You can see that from edmonton2011's spreadsheet-- very few people from mid-last year have even been scheduled for their tests.

So, your question would be more relevant related to a concrete local office.

 

[Intel]

I do not see any improvement from my side. I believe that the reported finalized cases as exceptions here.

In fact, I found that there is another (hidden) date for processing. You can only get it if you check the e-CAS using the information of your minor dependent (if you had applied as family).

They started processing my case last week, almost one year from the time of recipient. I also found that my file is still at Sydney.

 

[pkakula]

pkakula, there may be speed ups and slow downs at the same time as it mostly depends on a concrete local office.

For instance, there's speed up in Montreal office now, at least the times to test/interview are noticeably shrinking now, which is an important speed up. I think that's because number of full-time judges was increased from 2 to 5 in Q2-2013. You can see indications of that in reports and a Montreal timelines table which I try to maintain.

At the same time, seems BC and Alberta offices have been slowing down for some time, converting them from ones of the fastest to probably the slower ones. You can see that from edmonton2011's spreadsheet-- very few people from mid-last year have even been scheduled for their tests.

So, your question would be more relevant related to a concrete local office.

Thank you Easy Rider for Insights .